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This report presents an overview of general findings from International Labor Office (ILO) and World Bank (WB) database. The report only uses a fraction of this large and rich database and is an invitation for researchers and practitioners to use the data for more in-depth research, which can be...
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In Central America, cargo is transported almost entirely by road. The movement of imports and exports to and from international seaports is done by truck. Rail service is almost nonexistent and air transport serves less than one percent of the cargo generated within the Central American Common...
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This is a technical note for the 2011 the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) carried out in Mexico. The focus of this document is the new technology-enabled channels to scale up financial access being employed. Key issues such as a pro-inclusion policy environment and harnessing...
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Diesel gensets contribute to emissions of fine particulate matter (PM), including black carbon, which derives from the incomplete combustion of diesel (as occurs in many diesel generating sets or gensets). Particulate matter is a predisposing factor for respiratory and cardiopulmonary disease...
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The main objective of the report is to analyze the current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory process in Romania, and provide recommendations for improving the system in order to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of inventory development in compliance with United Nations framework...
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various proxies, including indices based on expert judgment in some cases. This paper focuses on logistics friction and draws … on a data set recently compiled by the World Bank with specific quantitative metrics of logistics performance in terms of … time, cost, and variability in time. It finds that the new variables that relate directly to logistics performance have a …
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communication technology and modern business logistics have created unprecedented business opportunities for the trade and transport …'s request, this study assesses Uruguay's potential as a logistics hub and as a regional distribution center. The competitiveness … of Uruguay's logistics system is assessed from an international perspective and policy recommendations towards further …
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Transport and logistics services in Myanmar have been substantially hit by the impacts of the February 2021 coup and … the surge in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Logistics companies have been affected by rising fuel prices … inland transport services. Transportation and logistics services are expected to be severely impacted by continuing high fuel …
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